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St. Jerome’s Prologue on Hosea - Hermann Composite, Fol, 3rThe Hermann Composite begins with St. Jerome’s prologue on the Hosea. It contains a sizeable illuminated capital depicting abbot Hermann holding a…
Sultan Sanjar and the Old WomanManuscript leaf from the Baysunghur Shahnameh Manuscript. The illustration depicts a scene from Mahsan al-Asrar (Treasury of Secrets) with an…
A fifteenth-century latin Coutumier de Normandie of 290 leaves. 10.7 by 7.2 cm.
Sutton Hoo Sword"Iron pattern-welded sword blade, heavily corroded. The blade is broad and tapers slightly towards the pointed tip. [...] The Sutton Hoo sword was not…
Suzani, Ura Tube StyleThe suzani, a weaving style practiced in both Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, is featured in Ura Tube style
(Gillow 2010, 43).
Latin manuscript of the Coutumier, with judgements of the Exchequer of Normandy from the beginning of the fourteenth century. 153 leaves; 12 by 9 cm.
Fourteenth-century Latin manuscript of the Coutumier de Normandie, with judgements of the Exchequer. 153 leaves; 12 by 9 cm.
This fifteenth-century copy of an important textbook in Islamic law is intricately annotated with the notes of a legal expert (Arabic faqih) in Egypt…
The Death of ZahhakThis folio illustrates a scene from Abolqasem Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh which “recounts the history of Iran before Islam” (Canby 13). This scene is…
The oblong pages of this palm-leaf style (pothi) book are covered with Sanskrit phrases (mantra) to treat illness, prevent disaster, and grant…